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Learning from my hiring mistakes

I've made more than my fair share of hiring mistakes in some areas, and this post tries to dissect why.

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Improving S3 performance from C++

How do we maximise S3 random IOPS throughput at different block sizes and queue depths?

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Wok burners, WOKits, BTUs and Wok Hei

Finding the best wok burner isn't just about BTUs or Watts.

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Why success doesn't feel good

As we try to climb the mountain that goes up and to the right, we sometimes hit potholes in the road. Combined with social media's continual assertion that everyone else is doing better, this makes us feel unnecessarily bad.

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Rid us of dull corporate apparel!

Branded clothing is a really big thing in technology companies in general. Silicon Valley startups are perpetually giving out "swag" to customers, ranging from all sorts of utility items such as keychains, pens, mugs and coolers, stickers to put on our laptops, and – most importantly – clothing. Clothes have